Locomotive-engine pilot



(No Model.)

P. F. MORTIMER & J. P. C'OFFIN.

LoGoMoTIVB ENGINE PILOT.

No. 489,320. Patented Jan. 3, 1893.

UNITED STATES.

PATENT Orricn.

FURMAN F. MORTIMER AND JOHN P. COFFIN, OF FLORENCE, SOUTH CAROLINA.

LocoMoTIvE-ENGINE P|Lor.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 489,320, dated January3, 1893.

l Application led August 30, 1892. Serial No. 444.537. (No model.)

invented a new and useful Improvement in Locomotive-Engine Pilots, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of our invention is to provide anv improved pilot forlocomotive engines which shall throw objects off the track and entirelyaway from the rails, without liability to be run over by the wheels orderailing the cars, and with the least danger of mutilating and killingliving things, and which shall also throw the objects oi to one sideexclusively, without throwing them upon the adjacent track where doubletracks are used.

To these ends it consists in the peculiar construction of a chute shapedpilot arranged diagonally to the track and provided at its extremeforward end with a vertically arranged roller as will be hereinafterfully described.

Figure l is a perspective and Fig. 2 a plan View of the pilot.

In the drawingsA represents the front cross beam of the truck to whichthe pilot is strongly attached and by which it is supported. To thisbeam is attached by suitable braces a frame C of a triangular shape,along whose front side diagonally to the tracks is arranged a troughshaped chute B of a semi-circular shape in transverse section with itsconcaved side to the front and extending across both the rails of thetrack. At its forward edge there is journaled a vertical roller D toprevent cutting any object that may strike the edge, and tov permit saidobject to readily roll off to one side or the other. The lower edge ofthe trough shaped chute is also extended forwardly in horizontalposition along the ground in the form of a lip E which causes the pilotto easily take up and lift an object into the trough of the chute. Viththis construction of the pilot it will be seen that all objects arecaught and delivered to one side of the track and with achute actionthat discharges them clear of the rails and wheels, and with as littledamage to or mutilation of the object as could be expected.

To the cross beam A there is strongly at tached a draft bar F whichextends through the chute at the middle line near the top,and is adaptedto connect with a link bar F for coupling onto other engines or cars.This coupling link is housed under the over hanging top edge of thechute, and is retained and supported by a hook or clamp F2.

If desired the pilot may be used as a snow plow, in light falls of snow,and where many trains are run it will keep the track clear withoutspecial use of a snow plow. Should the fall of snow be Very heavy andthe pilot get clogged steam pipes may be arranged to heat the sheetmetal of the chute so as to cause the pilot to clear itself. If desiredthe chute of the pilot may be made of wooden slats or bars with a metalapron arranged in front of it. The apron or face plate of the chute mayalso be made spring seated to break the blow or impact of objectsagainst the same.

Having thus described our invention,what We claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patentis:

l. A locomotive engine pilot consisting of beam A with triangular frameO strongly braced to the saine and carryinga diagonally' arranged chuteB with vertical rollerD at its front end substantially as shown anddescribed.

2. A locomotive engine pilot consisting of beam A with triangular frameC, chute B attached to the forward edge of the saine in diagonalposition with vertical roller D on its front end and lip E along thelower edge substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination with the beam A and the diagonally arranged chute B;of the draft bar secured to beam A and extending through the chute, andthe link F arranged to be folded under the overhanging edge of the chutesubstantially as shown and described.

FURMAN F. MORTIMER. JOHN P. COFFIN. Witnesses:

W. M. BROWN, T. M. CALAIS.

